If you had to rebuild your product from scratch, what would you do differently?

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Elaine Lu · Accepted Answer

If I had to rebuild my product, I definitely should have figured out something important but wrong with what we have built. Therefore I will self reflect on how the mistake happened in my mind and keep doing what is right until the point I need to accommodate the change to avoid the important mistake. Make sense?

For example, if I forget to apply for a trademark or chose a wrong word, which could be critical, I will have to rebrand my product and we'll do the same but will use a trademarkable words as the brand name and apply for the trademark protection once the product launched.

Suzane Anderson · Answer

I'd revisit the core user flow first.

Abhishek Dutta · Answer

noope. always building with the same impact

Rahul Aluri · Answer

Reduce the number of steps a user takes to get to the core use case of the product!

Richard Reis · Answer

Integrate internationalization and oauth much sooner. Easier to do on a new codebase, and VERY painful to do on a more mature live product.

Meduard · Answer

I'd validate my ideas better and talk to possible customers, and build better user experience in general for the products.

Though I've improved a lot in this area lately. But still a long way to go.

Yanlin Wu · Answer

if the product is aimed at different contries, first get to know their cultures and redesign the logo (we are building visual product, so the logo is essential)

Igor Lysenko · Answer

Definitely product positioning.

Thomas Lin · Answer

Depends on what kind of product.

Janak Patel · Answer

I’d focus on user feedback earlier, build a simpler MVP, and avoid overcomplicating the features. Scalability would also be a priority from day one.

Siseko.VOS · Answer

Almost everything. But then again, a lot of lessons were learned.

The first is developing the app myself from day-1. We spent too much money on devs before I made the decision to do it myself.

Magomed Vedzizhev · Answer

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Fouad B · Answer

I’d try to find a way to test it and ship it faster

Brian · Answer

@rahul_aluri valuable

cathy morino · Answer

I'd plan for integrations upfront to avoid headaches later.

If you had to rebuild your product from scratch, what would you do differently?

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